Aberth Digital Storytelling

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Entries from December 2006

Someone else’s kit

December 26th, 2006 · No Comments

This is a checklist for someone who’s been asked to train people at a centre to make a digital story and to leave some skills behind so people at that centre can continue to make stories after the initial trainer’s moved on…
I wouldn’t expect every machine at most centres in this country to be capable […]

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Tags: technology · digital storytelling

Video training

December 24th, 2006 · No Comments

If you’re planning to train people to include video clips in the form of ‘pieces to camera’ in their digital story or ’short’, there’s a lot people need to learn:
- how to feel comfortable and come across as well as they can on camera
- how to say something that’s engaging for the viewer
- how to […]

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Tags: technology · instruction · digital storytelling

Audio Storytelling Legacy Setup

December 20th, 2006 · No Comments

Someone asked me this week about setting up and training people to run audio storytelling workshops on someone else’s equipment. It’s best to be prepared for the unexpected. The biggest challenge is often the fact that machines are ‘locked down’ by the administrator.
To work around potential permissions issues when working on computers in community cyber […]

Popularity: 83% [?]

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Tags: links · technology · instruction · digital storytelling